Adding the type

…Continuing from the previous step, I now want to add text to the timeline.…I'll…name this layer Scale.…And I'll create two new layers, one for the Months, and another for the Years.…Starting with the months, and I'll begin with the first complete year.…I'll type my text and then press Cmd or Ctrl+T to access my Character panel.…And change the typeface to Ultimate Gothic number one.…I want this to be in all caps.…

And I want it to be centered Cmd+Shift+C.…I want to apply 25 units of positive tracking to it.…And then I'm going to change the color.…To 50% black.…I'll position that first month in the center of that bar and then duplicate it.…I'll down my Option or Alt key and my Shift key.…And then repeat that transformation by pressing Cmd or Ctrl+D.…And you can see I've come up a bit short there, but that's okay.…

I'm now going to just type over that text.…Then just adjust the position of each of these pieces as needed.…Now when I have one complete year.…I will select all of those pieces of type.…Hold down Option or Alt, and Shift.…

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4/3/2014

Make your data beautiful; turn it into an infographic. Infographics make complicated information easily understandable and visually compelling. In this course, Nigel French memorializes the soldiers and events of World War I, but you can use these lessons to build almost any kind of infographic. Learn how to use Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and Excel together to analyze and chart the data, plot locations on a map, and build a timeline that simply details a complex sequence of events. Along the way, Nigel explains how to choose fonts and color, create a background image, and finally convert your print graphic into a format suitable for websites.